原帖由 sherry1225 于 2007-6-3 23:06 发表
4. There seems to be no ________ the reading public’s thirst for books about the 1960’s: indeed, the normal level of interest has ______ recently be cause of a spate of popular television documentaries.
A. quenching … moderated B. whetting … mushroomed C. curtailing … warned D. ignoring … transformed E. slaking … increased
我来试解一下:
首先,";"两边是同义反复。其次,要注意thirst 的客体 books about the 1960's,关于60年代的书。实际上,我觉得books about the 1960's与television documentaries是属于同一大集合documentary的,所以,它与books about the 1960's不是相反的意向(就这一点,我知道,我会被口水淹死。。。但是有道理的,影视作品与周边产品一直互补商品,而不是替代商品)。进而,popular television documentaries 对 normal level of interest是 促进 而不是 抑制。所以A,C,D排除。再看前面一空,既然interest 是被激发了,那么no后面一定是负评价的动词(interest 和 thirst 又是同义意向)。所以排除whet,选E。